Sunfish® - Recreation
SKU#: 3711Iconic. The Sunfish is super easy to rig and sail - sailing starts here! Room for 1 or 2 people, 3 if you're friendly. Beginners will appreciate the boat’s simple halyard and mainsheet set up, while experts can hone their skills and improve with body positioning, boat handling and tactics to race locally, regionally and nationally.
The Sunfish® is the world’s most popular sailboat!
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Manufacturer:
LaserPerformance
MPN Part #:
SUNFISH
Over-Sized:
Yes
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Designed by Alex Byran and Cortlandt Heyniger in 1953 and originally built out of plywood, the Sunfish® is the world’s most popular sailboat, with more than a quarter-million sold by 1995 when it was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame.
The legendary dinghy’s construction switched from plywood to fiberglass in 1960, and incremental refinements have been introduced over the years. Today’s Sunfish® is the same hull and deck layout to the ones that were sailed hard and put away wet back in the 1960s. The net result is an international racing class that sanctions loads of regattas every year with a design that’s as equally suited to day sailing as it is to racing.
- Single-line sheeting dramatically simplifies sail rigging and handling.
- Lateen rig will twist-off and de-power in gusts (user friendly!)
- Self-bailing cockpit helps keep the cockpit/footwell dry.
- Aft cockpit space accommodates small cooler
- Deck coaming provides protection in choppy waters.
- Optional Race package includes race-ready sail with visibility window and additional sail controls to fine tune sail shape appropriate for conditions.
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